Friday 3 August 2012

Souvlaki, rice and Greek salad

Time to get "in training" for our Greek holiday in just over 8 weeks' time ... so we turned our kitchen into a taverna and produced this scrumptious Mediterranean meal.



A simple Greek salad (cucumber, tomatoes, green pepper, red onion and black olives, dressed with lemon juice, olive oil, black pepper, mixed Mediterranean herbs and dried mint, then topped with feta cheese and a little more oil and herbs); wholemeal rice and lamb souvlaki (lamb chunks, marinated in oil, lemon juice, garlic and herbs, threaded onto skewers and grilled for around 10 minutes) topped with pepper sauce (chopped onion and peppers fried in oil, then simmered in chicken stock and finally blitzed in a food processor/blender) and tzatziki (natural yogurt, grated cucumber and mint). Quick, healthy and totally gorgeous!